Abstract Measurement of health outcomes in pediatric rheumatic diseases is a critical component of clinical practice and research studies. Measures should include the biological, physical, and psychosocial dimensions of health….
Abstract Autoinflammatory diseases are characterized by the presence of chronic or recurrent systemic inflammation secondary to abnormal activation of innate immunity pathways. Many of these diseases have been found to…
Abstract Pain is one of the most common and distressing symptoms experienced by children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pain is known to negatively affect all aspects of health-related…
Abstract The treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has substantially evolved over the past two decades. Research has been conducted and is ongoing on how therapies can best be utilized…
Abstract Despite the enormous progress in the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), innovations based on true bench-to-bedside research, performed in JIA patients, are still scarce. This chapter describes novel…
Abstract Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is an episode of overwhelming inflammation that occurs most commonly in children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA). It is characterized by expansion and activation…
Abstract Evidence from clinical trials, ideally using randomisation and allocation concealment, is essential for informing clinical decisions regarding the benefits and harms of treatments for patients. Where diseases are rare,…
Abstract Pain is a common presenting and often persistent symptom for children with rheumatological disease. Pain is not clearly related to disease severity in children with inflammatory juvenile idiopathic arthritis,…
Abstract Pediatric granulomatous diseases constitute a heterogenous group of conditions in terms of clinical phenotypes, pathogenic mechanisms, and outcomes. The common link is the presence of multinucleated giant cells in…
Abstract Genetic and genomic investigations are a starting point for the study of human disease, seeking to discover causative variants relevant to disease pathophysiology. Over the past 5 years, massively…
